Good News (Kathy Mattea album)
Good News is the first album of Christmas music released by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in late 1993 on Mercury Records. "Mary, Did You Know?" and "What a Wonderful Beginning" were both covered by Kenny Rogers (the former, as a duet with Wynonna Judd) on his 1996 Christmas album The Gift. "Brightest and Best" is the only traditional song covered here. It won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.[1]
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| Released | September 21, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:59 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
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Brent Maher produced the album, with co-production from Allen Reynolds on "Christ Child's Lullabye".[2]
Track listing
- "What a Wonderful Beginning" (Austin Cunningham, Allen Shamblin) – 3:54
- "There's a New Kid in Town" (Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley) – 3:58
- "Brightest and Best" (Traditional, arr. by Kathy Mattea, Brent Maher) – 3:30
- "Mary, Did You Know?" (Buddy Greene, Mark Lowry) – 3:17
- "The Star" (Peter McCann) – 3:55
- "Emmanuel" (Kye Fleming, Janis Ian) – 2:59
- "Somebody Talkin' About Jesus" (Mattea) – 2:19
- "Nothing but a Child" (Steve Earle) – 4:02
- "Christ Child's Lullabye" (Mattea, Dougie MacLean; translation by Kenna Campbell) – 4:21
- "Good News" (Rob Mathes) – 5:34
Personnel
- Phoebe Binkley - choir
- Robert Binkley - choir
- Rebecca Blackwell - choir
- Lori Brooks - choir
- Bob Burns - upright bass
- Gary Burr - background vocals
- Eric Darken - percussion
- Diane Foust - choir
- Vicki Hampton - background vocals
- Jim Horn - recorder
- Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
- Dougie MacLean - acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Kenny Malone - drums
- Kathy Mattea - lead vocals, background vocals
- Randy McCormick - keyboards, piano
- Donna McElroy - background vocals
- Farrell Morris - marimba, percussion
- Gordon Mote - choir
- Kimberly Mote - choir
- Duncan Mullins - bass guitar
- Don Potter - acoustic guitar
- Marcus Rowe - choir
- Catherine Styron - piano
- George Teren - choir
- John Thompson - background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
- Jonathan Yeaworth - choir
Chart performance
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 51 |
References
- "Grammy results for Kathy Mattea". grammy.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- Good News (Media notes). Kathy Mattea. Mercury Records. 1993. 314 518 059 2.CS1 maint: others (link)
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